Coalition hosting free child seat safety course

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Sep 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM

The Northeast Coalition for Roadway Safety is offering a free child passenger safety tech training class in October for those interested in becoming certified to install car seats and educate parents and motorists on their usage.

The class will certified child passenger safety technicians who can then go on to help others safely install and use car seats.

Missouri law requires all children under eight to be in a child safety or booster seat until they are 80 lbs. or 4'9" tall but according to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, three out of four child safety seats are improperly installed.

The three-day course will be held at the Missouri Department of Transportation's Northeast District Office in Hannibal Oct. 2 through 4 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. with half-hour lunch each day. Class participants will be required to help at a child safety event on Oct. 5.

The Northeast Coalition for Roadway Safety will the $75 class fee for each participant and lunch will be provided.

The course covers not only car seats' installation and use but also motor vehicle laws, crash dynamics and vehicle safety.

Call (660) 385-8257 for more information or visit www.safekids.org/certification to sign up. Registration must be done by Sept. 13.

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